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Resources to assist you in working with the Kentucky Ecological Services Field Office. 

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Post-Delisting Monitoring in the Southeast
This library includes background information about post-delisting monitoring (PDM) and recent PDM plans released for species in the southeast.
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Fluted Kidneyshell-Final RP.pdf

Final recovery plan for the endangered fluted kidneyshell

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Range-wide Indiana Bat Protection and Enhancement Plan Guidelines
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Range-wide Indiana Bat Protection and Enhancement Plan Guidelines

Range-wide Indiana Bat Protection and Enhancement Plan Guidelines for Surface Coal-mining Operations – February 2013 Revisions

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Kentucky State-wide Determination Key
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Kentucky State-wide Determination Key

This Standing Analysis supports the conclusions the "Kentucky Determination Key" delivered by the Service's Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) system.

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Clearance to Proceed with Federally Insured Loan Grant Projects
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Clearance to Proceed with Federally Insured Loan Grant Projects

This guidance and clearance letter is provided to fulfill the ESA’s statutory obligations in a timely and consistent manner, and to assist Federal agencies, State and local governments, and consultants in addressing Section 7 and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental impact...

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Indiana Bat Determination Key Standing Analysis
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Indiana Bat Determination Key Standing Analysis

This standing analysis supports the "Indiana Bat Determination Key" delivered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) system. The Service's Kentucky Field Office (KFO) developed the Indiana Bat Determination Key (DKey) to streamline the...

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Bullitt County Pipeline Concurrence and Initiation Letter
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Bullitt County Pipeline Concurrence and Initiation Letter

This letter acknowledges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Kentucky Field Office’s (KFO) April 3, 2024, receipt of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) letter requesting reinitiation of section 7 consultation for the above-referenced project.

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Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Authorization of Louisville Gas and Electric's Bullitt County Pipeline Project
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Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Authorization of Louisville Gas and Electric's Bullitt County Pipeline Project

This Endangered Species Act (ESA) Biological Opinion (BO) of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) addresses Louisville Gas and Electric’s (LG&E) construction of an approximately 12-mile gas pipeline in Bullitt County, Kentucky.

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Biological Assessment for Kentucky Glade Cress, Designated Critical Habitat for Kentucky Glade Cress, Gray Bat, Indiana Bat, Northern Long-Eared Bat, and Freshwater Mussels
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Biological Assessment for Kentucky Glade Cress, Designated Critical Habitat for Kentucky Glade Cress, Gray Bat, Indiana Bat, Northern Long-Eared Bat, and Freshwater Mussels

This biological assessment (BA) has been completed for the purposes of coordination under theEndangered Species Act (ESA) for the Project.

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